> A spirit turtle waddles towards the pearly gates, looking up through his glasses at St. Peter: "Oh-a, ahello! ah-hello?" > "Yes, Mitch?" > "A-welluh, see I was a-wantin' ta join in a-heaven. ah-Course. " > "Mitch, I think we need a li-" the writer refuses to Kentucky fry the next paragraph prior to contract negotiations > "Well, of course I had to commit treason against Jesus's favorite nation, I was up for re-election, and my constituents don't understand the criminality at hand because we Great Senators partnered with the most powerful media network ever created so that we don't have to explain nothin' to them. More importantly, we were all so scared that her email-" > Mitch begins to fall through the platform. Didn't know that about screenplay pacing standards, btw. Good stuff.And Republican senators, who will ultimately decide whether the president remains in office, are in turn exquisitely sensitive to the opinions of Trump’s base.